Methods of optimizing legacy application layer control structure using refactoring

• US 20060241961A1
• Filed: 08/15/2005
• Published: 10/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Stulski, Vitaliy, Tsyganskiy, Igor, Satsuta, Eugene, Scheinkman, Luiz, Liakh, Dmitri
• Application Number:
  US11/203,226
• Publication Number:
  US 20060241961A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/104
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/72 Code refactoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/067 Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, methods and systems redesign a business application composed in a first programming format by receiving a model representing the business application in a second programming format and processing the model using a code refactoring tool in the second programming format. A modification to the model made by the code refactoring tool is analyzed and applied, in the first programming format, to the business application.

Claims

1. A method of redesigning a business application composed in a first programming format, comprising:

receiving a model representing the business application in a second programming format;

processing the model using a code refactoring tool in the second programming format;

analyzing a modification to the model made by the code refactoring tool; and

applying, in the first programming format, the modification to the business application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the model using the code refactoring tool further includes:

removing redundant code of the model which corresponds to redundant code of the business application.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein applying the modification to the business application further includes:

removing redundant code of the business application.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein analyzing the modification to the model further includes:

determining whether the modification improves the efficiency of the model.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein analyzing the modification to the model further includes:

determining whether the modification improves the efficiency of the business application.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the model is an object-oriented programming construct representing the business application.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the second programming format is an object-oriented programming format.

8. A method of optimizing a table-based business application, comprising:

receiving an object-oriented model representing the table-based business application;

processing the object-oriented model using an object-oriented code refactoring tool;

analyzing a modification to the object-oriented model identified by the code refactoring tool to determine whether to apply the modification; and

if it is determined to apply the modification,

applying the modification to the object-oriented model, and

using the modified object-oriented model to update the business application.

9. The method of claim 9, wherein applying the modification to the object-oriented model further includes:

removing redundant code from the model which corresponds to redundant code of the business application.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein analyzing the modification further includes:

determining whether the modification would improve at least one of efficiency, usability, understandability, and simplicity of the model.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein analyzing the modification further includes:

determining whether the modification would improve at least one of efficiency, usability, understandability, and simplicity of the business application.

10. The method of claim 10, wherein using the modified object-oriented model to update the business application further includes:

removing redundant code of the business application corresponding to the redundant code removed from the model.

13. A system for optimizing a table-based business application, comprising:

a receiving component configured to receive a model representing the business application in a second programming format;

a processing component configured to process the model using a code refactoring tool in the second programming format;

an analyzing component configured to analyze a modification to the model made by the code refactoring tool; and

an applying component configured to apply, in the first programming format, the modification to the business application.

14. The system of claim 14, wherein the processing component further includes:

a first removing component configured to remove redundant code of the model which corresponds to redundant code of the business application.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the analyzing component further includes:

a determining component configured to determine whether the modification improves the efficiency of the model.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the analyzing component further includes:

a second determining component configured to determine whether the modification improves the efficiency of the business application.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the model is an object-oriented programming construct representing the business application.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the first programming format is a table-based programming format.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the second programming format is an object-oriented programming format.

15. The system of claim 15, wherein the applying component further includes:

a second removing component configured to remove redundant code of the business application.